51.   The interim government appointed Zalmay Rasoul as the new civil aviation and tourism minister, Kabul television reported Monday.

52.   The interim government appointed Zalmai Rassoul, an aide to the former Afghan king, as the new civil aviation and tourism minister, officials said Monday.

53.   The new tourism minister is Slaheddine Maoui, former director of the Tunisian Agency for Foreign Communication and who first entered the government as tourism minister.

54.   The PFLP claimed responsibility for the assassination of the Israeli tourism minister in October.

55.   The state tourism minister Ajatshatru Singh said Monday that bars and liquor shops, closed down when militancy peaked in Kashmir, would be reopened soon.

56.   The secretary of state also cited the arrest by the Palestinian Authority of three suspects in the killing of the Israeli tourism minister.

57.   The state tourism minister, Ajatshatru Singh, said Monday that bars and liquor shops, closed down when militancy peaked in Kashmir, would be reopened soon.

58.   The tourism minister challenged Pakistan to name the day and place for the next war.

59.   The tourism minister, Sabbaruddin Chik, said Saturday he expects travelers from South Asia will take advantage of the opportunity to look around Malaysia during stopovers.

60.   Tourism minister Darius Mbela, was shocked by the report, but said the government could punish the hotel owners, the newspaper said.